Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-21

Geo w. Zeohsr wss elected Q member OF
~ school board ct the municipal election in
u spring OF 1877, and took his seat ct the or.
Gnni1atioo OF the board on the lst of Novem
bsr following. He served three years, and in
1850 wss reelected for three years more
On the % OF November, 1882, whom the board
0ee for orgauiz atiou hs was choSen secretary
- served IN that capacity one year, when
Ah term - . director q pired.
Daring his si1 ysars membership Mr.
nson6 Punctual attendant at the meet.
~ the board, took IN sc,ive interest in
- peoossdingA aud did good work ss com.
odhcef, and kept fair record of the proceed
togs OF the meetings.
George w. Zscher vss born st Lancaster,
April q, lsI3 He was educated In the pub
lie schoola and st the ego OF seventeen years
entered tho carriage factory OF his father. the
lnee Jacob Zscher, - IN apprentice, remain
1og there until the fall Of 1861, when he en-.
l,seed - . private soldier in Company B,
7osh Pe0nsylvania votuntesrs He remained
with the regiment until 1862, when he was
transferred to the sisnal corps, department OF
- Cumberland.
In 1853 no was ordered to report to board
= examiners In the signal corps OF the regu
lag army. He passed . very creditable exam
naGioo. and received an appointment from
~ chief signal officer of the army OF the
Cumberland and served until the close of the
Was.
4 Rsturning to Lancaster he resumed work
= his fathers factory. In 1855 he was mar.
x1od 70 Miss Maria M. Gundsksr, by whom
- had three children, two OF whom survive,
- eldest 4iss Ella, being . teacher In one
g The puolic schools of this city.
In 1888, Mr.. Zscher entered into partner.
ohip with three OF his brothers, in
- livery business, and the firm con-
t1nued the business with varying success
until 1881, whom two Of his partners having
1le6, hs went into tho saddlery and harness
buslnssa, subsequently opened q green
I gruessy. then dritted back TO the carriage
i 11stogy, and year or two ago received an
oppolntmsnt to IN important position in the
appeaisers department OF the Philadelphia
euatoo housa He 10 now slowly recovering
1rDm severe illneaA
Il Ak Zsoher Wa always an active Demo
egato politician, and has beeu honored by
G1eeei0o to several offices OF trust. In 1873 he
vas elected 70 select council from the sixth
Vard, and although the ward was largely
Republican, he wSs elected by Q handsome
Oajority. In 1880 ho was again returned to
.noloet council by an increased majority.
Daring his two terms he was one OF The
no.e aottve members OF council, serving on
~ she important COZ mittees, and for two
yoaSs was chairman Of the finance committee.
Jt Was Mr.. Zscher who introduced and
eaopsssfuliy carried through councils the or.
0iaance 70 reorganze the tire department on
- present basia Tnere IVES great opposition
- the measure, especially among members OF
- Old volunteer ire companies, but after Q
0aboosn hyht the old system ives abolished
80 The new established Mr. Zscher was n once
800 chairman OF the committee TO organize |
- new department. and he entered upon
- duties Of his otice with % much energy |
- ths work VS. soon accomplished, and
s1os pssssut sfhoient system very soon re. |
|Dlve4 eodorssment by au good citizens
evtag scoo@plishsd what he had 90 |
51ngno1tly worked for, Mr.. Zscher, at the end |
~ ~ second term, retired from oouncila